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INDIANAPOLIS -- Pacers coach Rick Carlisle generally tends to allow his players to conduct their own conversations with officials, but in Thursday's game against the Nets, he saw his players get a little too pre-occupied with those discussions.
After picking up a technical foul in a shoving confrontation with Brooklyn's Trendon Watford, Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard got a second technical and was disqualified 17 seconds into overtime for a discussion with an official. It was the second time in three games he picked up two technical fouls. Two of the four were for retaliating in confrontations with players, but the other two were for things he said to officials.
Also, the Pacers collectively spent so much time complaining about an offensive foul called against Pascal Siakam with 1:47 to go in the regulation that forward Ziaire Williams got a wide-open 3 on the other end because they had barely got across the the floor and hadn't noticed Williams until the ball was in his hand.
So Carlisle has a message for his team going forward.
"You just have to leave those (expletive) guys alone," Carlisle said in his pre-game news conference on Saturday. "And women. Leave them alone. Let me get technicals. I'm good at it. I led the league a couple of years ago. I don't like spending the money, but you gotta support your players. But when players do it, it leads to problems at the other end. ... That kills. You just can't have that."
Carlisle said he's OK with players creating positive relationships with officials, but noted it's important for them to be specific and officials deserve that.
"They're great people," Carlisle said. "Being in the league this long, being in head coaches' meetings where officials come in a social setting, you get to know these people, they're tremendous people. Just think about it. They're willing to do this in these hellaciously difficult environments and they're the standard-bearers of our game. They're special people, that's the way I look at it. Relationships are things you gotta work at."
Carlisle said he has tried to keep that in mind more frequently in his own dealings with officials.
"I've tried to back off on technicals in the last couple of years," Carlisle said. "Because it's gotta be really extreme, otherwise you're giving the other team points. Everything is hinging on one play here or there every single night. And these so-called lower teams that don't have great records are all playing their ass off, and if you show up half-stepping, they pull your face off. That's just how it is."
Carlisle said another part of the reason he's cut down on technicals is it sets a bad example.
"At some point, you just have to understand that how you conduct yourself in a game in the leadership position is something that sets a tone," Carlisle said. "If I'm going off willy-nilly on the referees, I'm giving the players a license to do it. You can't do that. I'm not making any promises for today. I'm not going to do that. If somebody does something I think is egregiously not right and it's not called I might fly off half-cocked. I don't know. But I can't preach to the players to back off officials and I don't do it."
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Rick Carlisle wants Pacers to stop arguing with refs, getting technicals
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After picking up a technical foul in a shoving confrontation with Brooklyn's Trendon Watford, Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard got a second technical and was disqualified 17 seconds into overtime for a discussion with an official. It was the second time in three games he picked up two technical fouls. Two of the four were for retaliating in confrontations with players, but the other two were for things he said to officials.
Also, the Pacers collectively spent so much time complaining about an offensive foul called against Pascal Siakam with 1:47 to go in the regulation that forward Ziaire Williams got a wide-open 3 on the other end because they had barely got across the the floor and hadn't noticed Williams until the ball was in his hand.
So Carlisle has a message for his team going forward.
"You just have to leave those (expletive) guys alone," Carlisle said in his pre-game news conference on Saturday. "And women. Leave them alone. Let me get technicals. I'm good at it. I led the league a couple of years ago. I don't like spending the money, but you gotta support your players. But when players do it, it leads to problems at the other end. ... That kills. You just can't have that."
Carlisle said he's OK with players creating positive relationships with officials, but noted it's important for them to be specific and officials deserve that.
"They're great people," Carlisle said. "Being in the league this long, being in head coaches' meetings where officials come in a social setting, you get to know these people, they're tremendous people. Just think about it. They're willing to do this in these hellaciously difficult environments and they're the standard-bearers of our game. They're special people, that's the way I look at it. Relationships are things you gotta work at."
Carlisle said he has tried to keep that in mind more frequently in his own dealings with officials.
"I've tried to back off on technicals in the last couple of years," Carlisle said. "Because it's gotta be really extreme, otherwise you're giving the other team points. Everything is hinging on one play here or there every single night. And these so-called lower teams that don't have great records are all playing their ass off, and if you show up half-stepping, they pull your face off. That's just how it is."
Carlisle said another part of the reason he's cut down on technicals is it sets a bad example.
"At some point, you just have to understand that how you conduct yourself in a game in the leadership position is something that sets a tone," Carlisle said. "If I'm going off willy-nilly on the referees, I'm giving the players a license to do it. You can't do that. I'm not making any promises for today. I'm not going to do that. If somebody does something I think is egregiously not right and it's not called I might fly off half-cocked. I don't know. But I can't preach to the players to back off officials and I don't do it."
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Rick Carlisle wants Pacers to stop arguing with refs, getting technicals
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